Track-liner.



WvC. EATON.

Patented July 31, 1917.

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TRACK LINER.

APPLICAIION FILED SEPT-23, 191's.

1,234,? 38. Patented July 31, 1917.

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WILLIE CLYDE EATON, OF LEAD HILL, ARKANSAS.

TRACK-LINER.

Specification of Letters Patent. V

Patented July 31, 191 7.

Application filed September 23, 1916. Serial No. 121,858.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, YVILLIE a citizen of the United States, residing at Lead Hill, in the county of Boone and State of Arkansas, have invented certain useful Improvements in Track-Liners, of which the following is a specification, reference being bad therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to improvements 1n track liners, one object of the invention being a portable machine which may be moved from place to place and which is provided with means for engaging a track rail to line the same in the usual manner.

A further object of this invention is the provision of a machine of this type which is provided with a. main frame carrying a 1ming rack barand a ratchet actuated gear wheel so that such rack bar may be recipro- CLYDE EATON,

cated in combination with means for elevating one end of the machine so that the proper pull may be exerted upon the rack bar, there further being provided means for driving in the ground when necessary to hold the machine stationary.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a machine of this type which is simple, durable and inexpensive in construction and thoroughly efiicient and practical in use.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the complete machine in use.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof.

Fig. 3 is a bottom plan View thereof.

Fig. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view through the complete machine.

Figs. 5 and 6 are detail views of various parts.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 10 designates the two end cross bars which are slit as at 11 for the slidable reception of the liner bar 12 which is provided upon its upper surface with the rack bar 13. One end of this bar is bifurcated as at 11 for the reception of the reduced end 15 of the swinging section 16 thereof, a hook like latch or looking member 17 being provided to hold this member rigid with the liner bar as the pin 18 constitutes a hinge for said swinging member.

The terminals of the bars 10 are each provided with a rectangular opening 19 for the reception of the square shanks 20 of the ground engaging members or blades 21, such other rail, by swinging the lever square shanks being provided with slidable limiting members 22 and the keys 23. These ground engaging members serve to anchor the device in the track bed between the rails.

Attached to the under side of the bars 10' extending longitudinally and directly below the liner bar is the ground engaging plate 24: being supported in this position preferably through the in'strumentality of the spacing bars 25 and 26. This plate '24 serves to brace the anchorage of the cross bars during the actuation of the device as-willbecome apparent.

Attached to the upper side of the two cross bars 10 and in'spaced relation with each other, are the two triangular side plates 27 which together with the cross bars 10 form the supporting frame in which side plates is journaled a shaft 28 which carries the large gear or ratchet wheel 29, .the teeth of this wheel being in engagement with the teeth of the liner bar at all times. Mounted for oscillation upon the shaft are the two terminals 30 of the operating handle 31, said terminals being adapted to fit astride of the ratchet wheel so that the two oppositely disposed ratchets 32 and33 carried thereby will engage the ratchet wheel and cause rotation thereof in the desired direction as the handle or lever is oscillated. A selective latch or look 34 for holding either one of the pawls is provided so that the liner bar may be reciprocated in either direction.

Attached to each one of the triangular members of the frame is a handle 35 by means of which the present invention may be carried from place to place.

To prevent the locking member or latch from working out of the hole in the swinging terminal 16 for said latch or memher, the latter has threaded thereon a nut 16' although this latch or member 17 may be fastened in any other way.

The operation of the invention may be reviewed as follows: 7

Assuming that the device has been assembled in the manner described and that the ground engaging members 21 are anchored in the track bed between the rails and that one end of the liner bar is engaged adjacent one rail and the pivoted section thereof is engaged adjacent the inner surface of the 31 one of the pawls 33 being engaged in the gear causes a longitudinal movement of the bar in one direction so as to shift the rails and cross ties forming the track bed in thecorresponding direction. During this actuation the ground engaging plate 2& having one end engaged in the ground and arranged at an inclination to the frame, serves as a means for bracing the anchorage of the ground engaging members 21 and increasesthe rigidity of the device to insure an effective operation. Of course by adjusting the selective latch 34 the other ratchet 32 may be arranged to engage the gear during the actuation of the lever when it is desired to shift the liner bar in an opposite direction. Obviously, the nut 16 cooperates with the hook-like latch in maintaining the pivoted section 16 substantially rigid and in alinement with the bar 12, this sec tion being used to facilitate the application of the liner bar between the rails.

It will be understood that the above description and accompanying drawings comprehend only the general and preferred embodiment of my invention and that various minor changes in detail of construction, proportion, and arrangement of the parts may be made within the scope of the appended claims and without sacrificing any of the advantages of my invention.

What I claim, as new, is:

1. A track liner including a supporting frame embodying spaced cross bars and vertically arranged side plates carried thereby, means for anchoring the frame between the rails of a track bed, a liner bar slidably mounted in and movable transversely of the cross bar and having the upper surface provided with rack teeth, one end of the liner bar being adapted to engage the lnner faces of one rail, a pivoted section on the other end of the liner bar adapted for en-' gagement with the inner faces of the other rail, means for removably locking the sec- 7 tion in a substantially rigid position and in alinement with the liner bar, a gear rotatably mounted between the side plates and engageable with the teeth of the bar, an oscillatory lever, and selectively operated pawls pivoted to the lever and engageable with the gear whereby when the lever is acage of the frame, a liner bar slidably 1nount-' ed in the cross bars and adapted for engage-V ment with the inner faces of the rails of the track bed and having the upper surface provided with rack teeth, a gear rotatably mounted between the side plates and engageable with the teeth of the bar, an oscillatory hand lever, and selectively operated pawls pivoted to the lever and engageable with the gears whereby when the lever is oscillated the liner bar is moved in either direction.

In testimony whereofI affix my signature.

WILLIE CLYDE EATON.

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